European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse German remembers afar Criteson Story and photos by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau his face adorns plates mugs Patten wine labels and a variety of other objects irrelevant to his life s work. Streets and town squares All Over Germany boar his name. Johann Christoph Fried Rich von Schiller one of his country s most famous writers might Merit such attention on literary accomplishments alone. Dozens of Schiller landmarks Stem from the fact thai he actually lived in or near hem. Americans who visit the Public Sites can get a glimpse into inc great dramatist s life and an introduction to the fractured 16th-Century German principalities through which he travelled. In West Germany the Stuttgart area is the richest with evidence of the author s Early life. Marbach am Neckar a Small town 15 Miles North of Stuttgart contains both the House where he was born and a museum erected to Honor him nearly a Century after his death. The writer also spent much of his life in what is Navy East Germany. Schiller s grave in Weimar next to thai of his Friend and fellow literary giant Johann Wolfgang von go Eirc is Only one reminder of his activities there during the six years before he died in 1805. His residence at Schiller Strasse 12 is another that City is naturally full of Schiller reminiscences and memories of German classic literature said Friedrich psf Dan director of the it Lei Magazine May 29,1986 i
